March 2011

New music You Told The Drunks I Knew Karate – Zoey Van GoeyFrom the album: Propellor Versus WingsShipbuilding (Remastered Version) - Robert WyattFrom the album: His Great MisesWuthering Heights - Kate BushFrom the album: The Kick InsideCover Story Dancing In the Dark - Bruce SpringsteenFrom the album: Born In the U.S.A.Cover Story Dancing in The Dark – Amy MacDonaldNot yet released

British Folk Sampler Mark The Hard Earth - Kris DreverFrom the album: Mark The Hard Earth New Music British Folk Sampler Gan To The Kye - The UnthanksFrom the album: LastNew Music British Folk Sampler You Call This Your Home - Hannah PeelFrom the album: The Broken Wave

New Music Into The Night - Human LeagueFrom the album: CredoBigmouth Strikes Again - The SmithsFrom the album: The Queen is DeadBritish Folk Sampler Stewarts – LauFrom the album: Lau Live

Did I actually play the tracks in that last set? Sorry, the jet lag got the better of me... Better next time, I promise!

The 31st March edition of The BritMix is a special pledge drive edition. Everyone who pledges support for hydro-powered WJFF during the show will have the chance to win this bundle of seven British music magazines and the five free CDs that come with them. Total value – about $46 at British prices, about $100 at US prices.

Thursday 31 March at 9pm - call 845 482 4141 during the show.

Thank you magazinesQ – features the 50 Ultimate British songs chosen by singers and songwriters plus features on Elbow, Amy Whitehouse, 125 new albums reviewed…The Word – Donovan, The Clash, Brits Who Cracked America plus an exclusive free CD of new music…Mojo – Huge feature celebrating the 25th anniversary The Queen is Dead, the seminal album by The Smiths, plus PJ Harvey, Dusty Springfield and an exclusive free CD featuring Billy Bragg, Wah!, Robert Wyatt, Orange Juice and more responding to the politics of the times…NME – featuring The Vaccines, an exclusive review of the upcoming Arctic Monkeys album, New York Dolls and more…Songlines – World music magazine's 75th collectors' edition featuring New Orleans, Egypt, Welsh singer songwriter Cerys Mathews and two exclusive free CDs….Kerrang! – Specializing in heavy music and in this issue The Ultimate Guide to Punk.Classic Rock – With the story of David Bowie’s Hunky Dory (and a big Van Halen feature) plus a free CD of guitar heroics…

Thank you CDs… 72 tracks!Rock Eruption – 15 tracks of guitar heroics from Classic Rock magazinePanic – 15 Tracks of Riotous ‘80s Indie Insurrection! from Mojo magazineNow Hear This! – 15 brand new tracks hand picked by The Word magazineTop of the World – 10 new world music releases (plus five more chosen by Cerys Mathews) from Songlines magazineBlue Blanc World – 17 tracks of French world music from Songlines magazine

Thanks again to guest host Nick Forte for his unique take on The BritMix. Great job, sir.

Raven - SladeFrom the album: Play it LoudCrash Course in Brain Surgery - BudgieFrom the album: In for the KillEgyptian Tomb - Mighty BabyFrom the album: Mighty BabyWorking all Day - Gentle GiantFrom the album: Three Friends

Cover story Transparent Radiation - The Red KrayolaFrom the album: Parable of Arable LandCover story Transparent Radiation - Spacemen 3From the album: The Perfect PrescriptionI think I’m in Love – SpiritualizedFrom the album: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space

New Music Faults - SeefeelFrom the EP: FaultsNew Music Eyes of the Dead - Rudimentary PeniFrom the EP: No More PainGiddy Stratospeheres - Long BlondesFrom the album: SinglesCommon People - PulpFrom the album: Different Class

Next week I'll be back on The BritMix with some great music I've picked up on my trip to England and news of the wonderful upcoming Fund Drive giveways.

Guest host Nick Forte sits in this week, thank you sir, in particular for the excellent Folk Sampler segment.

Ian Dury - I’m Partial to Your AbracadabraFrom the album: New Boots and Panties Gang of Four - Natural’s Not In ItFrom the album: EntertainmentDelta 5 - Mind Your Own BusinessFrom the album: Singles & Sessions 1979–1981Soft Boys - Sandra’s Having Her Brain OutFrom the album: Can of BeesUltravox - Can’t Stay LongFrom the album: Systems of RomanceThe Stranglers – TankFrom the album: Black and WhiteCover Story Bo Diddly - Who do you Love?From the album: His BestCover Story Jesus and Mary Chain - Who do you Love?From the album: Barbwire Kisses

British Folk Sampler Roy Harper – GoldfishFrom the album: Return of the Sophisticated BeggarBritish Folk Sampler Lal Waterson - To Make you StayFrom the album: Never The SameBritish Folk Sampler Ann Briggs - I Thought I Saw You AgainFrom the album: Sing a Song for YouBritish Folk Sampler Cob - Eleven WillowsFrom the album: Moyshe McStiff and The Tartan Lancers Of The Sacred HeartBritish Folk Sampler John Martyn - Go Down EasyFrom the album: Solid AirBritish Folk Sampler Oliver - Off on a TrekFrom the album: Standing Stone

Thanks to the excellent Mr Kurt Knuth for looking after The BritMix this week. In particular, thanks for the look at Stiff Records in the first part of the show.

Yesterday's Love - Any TroubleFrom the album: Where Are All The Nice Girls?So It Goes - Nick LoweFrom the album: Pure Pop for Now PeopleReconnez Cherie - Wreckless EricFrom the album: Wreckless EricAllison - Elvis CostelloFrom the album: My Aim is TrueFrozen Years - The RumourFrom the album: Frogs, Sprouts, Clogs and KrautsCover Story A New England - Kirsty MaccollFrom the album: The Stiff Years CollectionCover Story A New England - Billy BraggFrom the album: Back to BasicsPair of Brown Eyes - The PoguesFrom the album: Rum Sodomy and The Lash

British Folk Sampler So Bored Was I (Dark Triad) - Alasdair RobertsFrom the album: SpoilsBritish Folk Sampler The Wife of Usher's Well - Alasdair RobertsFrom the album: The Crook of My Arm

The BritMix plays...

Blues, folk, rock 'n 'roll, punk, the classier sort of pop, electric folk, jazz; home-made music and studio music, big music and small; the weird and the wonderful, the sparky and the strange - anything and everything from the 1960s, '70s, '80s, '90s right up to the latest releases from indie labels and even from the mega studios... but it must be British. New singles, old rarities, forgotten classics, album out-takes, singer-songwriters - the majestic, the quirky; the catchy and occasionally the almost incomprehensible. The BritMix.